Vocabulary
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| 贵人 貴人 | nobility; person of high rank | |
| 读书人 讀書人 | scholar; intellectual | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | |
| 没有什么 沒有什麼 | it is nothing; there's nothing ... about it | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 不是吗 不是嗎 | isn't that so? | |
| 家事 家事 | family matters; domestic affairs; housework | |
| 现 現 | appear, manifest, become visible | |
| 外人 外人 | outsider; foreigner; stranger | |
| 年年 年年 | year after year; yearly; every year; annually | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 几天 幾天 | several days | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 最多 最多 | at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal | |
| 一点不 一點不 | not at all | |
| 记不住 記不住 | can't remember | |
| 真真 真真 | really; in fact; genuinely; scrupulously | |
| 正正 正正 | neat; orderly; just in time | |
| 上风 上風 | on the up; currently winning; rising (in popularity etc) | |
| 一字 一字 | in a row; in a line | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 年间 年間 | in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade) | |
| 均 均 | equal, even, fair; all, also | |
| 几年 幾年 | a few years; several years; how many years? | |
| 庶出 庶出 | born of a concubine (rather than of the wife) | |
| 一家 一家 | the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group | |
| 庶子 庶子 | son born of a concubine | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 五一 五一 | 5-1 (May 1st) | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 不比 不比 | unlike | |
| 想见 想見 | to infer; to gather | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 是以 是以 | therefore; thus; so | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 小子 小子 | (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) | |
| 不问 不問 | to pay no attention to; to disregard; to ignore; to let go unpunished; to let off | |
| 我这儿 我這兒 | where I am; my place | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 年过 年過 | over (a certain age) | |
| 你我 你我 | you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) | |
| 那个人 那個人 | lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams | |
| 动不动 動不動 | (typically followed by 就) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat | |
| 老人家 老人家 | polite term for old woman or man | |
| 从来不 從來不 | never | |
| 有名 有名 | famous; well-known | |
| 多年来 多年來 | for the past many years | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 新年 新年 | New Year | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? |